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Great review! I want one but I need to know is this ready to play out the box? I don’t own a computer or are very tech savvy. I just want to play gba, gbc and some arcade games. Someone let me know please and thank you
Hey! I appreciate the comment. Yup, it's ready to play out of the box. The Custom OS that I installed isn't necessary, but a "nice to have" with some quality of life improvements and a slight bump in performance.
This is my first handheld emulator ever, and I love it. I had to muck around a ton more to get it doing what I wanted to, and I found out there's something called the "Tiny Best Set", which is basically a collection of good games and it's associated BIOS files and everything else, and it's designed to work specifically with OnionOS and GarlicOS. It was what finally got FFVII and FFVIII on my MM+.
I am fully convinced that one of the reasons why the Miyoo is successful is because of the name. It just sounds like a legit product not a random number code.
I bought the original mini (the small one) and fell in love with it so much that I bought extras just to give away. They are excellent gifts for friends and family. Just set it up in advance. I used MiniUI because it is very simple and barebones compared to OnionOS
Incredible video! I just so happened to order mine last night, I got the 128gb version since I don’t know how to mess with adding games etc so I’ll just enjoy what’s on there til I know how to mess with that stuff. It’ll be my first mini console since the GameBoy Advanced SP so I’m absolutely excited for it!
Thanks! It's a really nice little handheld. I'm hoping that Onion OS keeps getting more updates. The custom OS is a much better experience for me, personally. And it's easy to install.
@Baldly Rudy No problem! I absolutely love the OS, as well as how convenient it'll be to update, so that was a huge plus for me. Do you also by any chance download your own games and if so what's a reliable site you'd recommend?
This is my first retro handheld and, while I played a lot of retro games growing up, it is my first time revisiting them like this. Really enjoying the experience.
Got mine last week and installed onion os and man it’s so much fun my 7 year old loves it seeing him play games I used to play love it. Machine is a beast fun screen is beautiful
Broke into the world of emulation handhelds about a month ago… it’s so addicting!!! Great video man I have some higher end handhelds but still absolutely love my Miyoo Mini +
Glad you got your hands on it, agree with most of your thoughts here. Here is hoping that both Ambernec and the Miyoo budget lineup improve in the next release.
got my RG35XX last week and loving it but i just couldn't resist the charm of the mini plus and got one and i love it, even though the differences aren't huge i just love the kawaii effect about the Miyoo mini plus, so much that i ordered a second one and waiting for the original mini to come back again at the end of June
MinUI for the rg35xx and DotUI for the MM+ are my favorite custom firmwares. After years of frustration using retroarch on PC, I truly appreciate simplicity.
Unfortunately none of the retroarch cores support this it’s a limitation within retroarch and not the Miyoo. But I hope someone could enable it since it’s possible in standalone mGBA.
most anbernic device suport cross link u can jump in someones game i seen someone play sonic and nuckles 2 players with 2 anbernic devices hooked up wirlessless and they also traded pokemon and battled i dont think miyoo has this feature yet sinse anerbic is open sorce and they develope all this stuff on them using retro arch
I have been enjoying the heck out of myioo mini +. Installed onion os, and have been enjoying the process of learning how to convert files so they can run on the myioo. Although my hands are pretty much to big for the shoulder buttons. It's still a great escape from my phone while sitting in the car waiting for the wife. Or in idle times. Big thumbs up for this one.
i grew up in a poor household, i never had the majority of games i wanted to play. i got into emulation as a gift for my younger self. i might be too old to spend this much time playing games and tinkering with this stuff, but the child inside of me isn't and he deserves that joy. i'm finally going to play modnation on PSP 😂
I was the same way. I grew up in a poor household. I'm grateful for what my parents got me, but there were a ton of games that I missed out on in my childhood. This all has allowed me to experience games I would've missed out on entirely.
I grabbed one for $90 off Amazon. I'd say it's worth it. I was considering turning an old Wii into an emulation machine, but this saves all that hassle. I'd still like one that can play stuff beyond PS1 though. Probably get an Anbernic since they do the HDMi out.
Finally received mine a few days ago. Can confirm that the d-pad is far superior to the one on the rg35xx (my one at least). I can actually play games that register diagonal inputs now.
Yuuuuup. People mentioned that in my other video and it's crazy how much better the D-Pad is on the Miyoo Mini Plus when compared to the RG35XX. It's a night and day difference.
@@baldlyrudyI think my unit was particularly bad, anything that registered diagonals was pretty much unplayable. But yeah, it's a widespread issue. Shame as I liked everything else about it.
Dang. That sucks. I know there's a fix with electrical tape that I've seen online, but you shouldn't have to do that. It should work properly out of the box.
@@baldlyrudy I may well do the fix at some point, in fact i probably would have, had the MM+ not been announced very shortly after i got the rg35xx. But like you said, I shouldn't have to.
I got the original miyoo mini v2. I totally love it but it is a little small. I just got the miyoo mini plus (in purple) and it's a much more comfortable system. 😊
Bought a miyo mini + a couple of weeks ago, the retro colour one. I love it updated it to onion 4.2.3 and it,s been great very stable and games work flawless
Looks cool. I don’t have a computer and even if i did, i’d have no clue how to put other games on it. I’ve always strayed away from anything you upload games on. I’m old school and like putting the carts into my SNES and playing on a CRT TV.🎉
Got one, installed onion immediately and it's perfect for me. Wifi OTA updates, good game switcher, works amazing. I also love that I can use WinSCP to connect to and install roms without taking the SD card out.
My comment made it into a youtube video ! look mom I'm on youtube ! \o/ but yeah I also would prefer the Miyoo Mini Plus over the 35XX, even though I actually think both are great, the Mini Plus just wins out slightly in terms of features and comfort for me. I'm glad u like it !
If you don't like the transfer speeds, a good use of wifi is the http file server. It's also the only way to transfer files from a phone unless you have some wacky adapter
I have the rg35xx and mm+ and rg405m the mm+ is my edc and goes with me if something happened to it I would buy another asap. Great review. And don’t get me started on mods it’s addictive
I wanted a gaming unit that I could play instead of watching, the news all the time, US Government is really upsetting to me , and I’m sick of it. So I’m hoping I like this. I like playing this labyrinth game on my iPhone, but absolutely hate subscriptions to things, and the ads, constantly interrupting with the damn ads. 😱 I hope I can pull up that onion OS on my iPad it’s the only computer I own. Not a big tech person by ability. So I’m waiting for the Miyoo Mini plus to get to me. Thought I would see what people are saying. Nice video, you were pretty thorough. 😊
Nice! Miyoo products should be handled with great care, due to their exceptional fragility. The third-party 'Onion OS' is the best feature of Miyoo. The default OS (Miyoo OS) wasn't very good. 😀
I was able to grab one off of Temu for a significantly cheaper price of $33, along with another item to be able to get the deep discount. I was so sad to sell my modded GBA plus my GameBoy series collection when I was going through tough financial times last year, but I'm happy to have the Miyoo Mini Plus to fill the void of not having my GBA and games around anymore.
Just received my miyoo, can confirm, it's the real deal! I did forget to mention that I did opt-out of the cheap memory card, hence the cheapest price. Ended up adding my own games myself and installed OnionOS while I was at it. Still got a ways to go with adding the CD-based titles, but I'm happy with the result.
I was excited to get my Anbernic in, unfortunately it was super uncomfortable to use and ended up sending it back to get the Retroid Pocket 3+. Much better imo especially for long play
I got one just the other day and mine came with a case! Not sure why yours didn't, but I thought I'd leave a comment in case that's a dealbreaker for someone.
I have a lot of standart popular hanhelds like 3ds, DS, Switch, PS Vita, PSP etc... But rg35xx and MM+ is my favorite, because its really pocket and mobile console. It really can be everywhere with you.
I got my miyoo mini plus a couple weeks back and it did come with a case that holds the device plus all the accessories. It’s not some cheap case either, it’s molded specifically for the unit.
I have both the original and the plus version, love them both. I have put the OnionOs on both as well. They are amazing little handhelds for the money. Their size makes them perfect for gaming on the go. The build quality is nice and sturdy as well.
It looks cool but I bet my 20 dollar psp does everything that can. Plus I installed a 4400 mah battery. So many hours of nostalgia. Great video. Maybe I'll find one on ebay in a few years cheap. 👍
@@baldlyrudyalso the stock micro sd card reader is capped at like 15 mb/s just switching the card reader to a better one gets the stock sd card to read faster, but even then the card doesn’t compare to like a v30 a2/3 from a reliable company. Also ps1 games are weird (at least if you use bin or cue files) on onion OS. They dont show up at all on the quick boot and i gotta go into retroarch to boot them
I already own Steam Deck but this really looks tempting! Even if it would sit just on shelf for the nostalgia factor :D With WiFi and Usb-C it seems almost perfect but it doesn't seem to have bluetooth though? That would be quite handy for all wireless headphones nowadays. Great review though! I think your video easily sells the quality of the screen and product itself way better than those online store pictures.
My son had the Rg35xx for 3 days and he dropped it and the screen broke. He didn't drop it from high, like couch height. It didn't land on the screen, but somehow the center of the screen was broken.
i have thee miyoo mini and i never touch it it was just a fun gimic but honestly its just to small to enjoy or take serious i got the miyoo mini plus and the anbernic 35xx and at first i liked the myoo more but after better firmwares have came out for 35xx it left the miyoo mini plus in the dirt
I got my white on on ebay for $196AUD with the 128gb memory card, carry case etc. Its coming in the mail tomorrow. Then i found the purple one on temu for $128 aud so i have ordered that for my brother for his birthday, his comes with 64gb sd card and a case also. Lucky i found his as ibe found purple is sold out everywhere. I dont mind spending more on mine. Ive also found out a few have bought a new brand name sd card and installed onion os on it and transferred the games from the cheap sd card over. As the sd card it comes with corrupts very easily.
Thanks for the video! Great test. How about C64 and Amiga? Is it possible to play these systems according to usability? How about setup with keypad for this systems?
Everytime I pick up my gameboy... I set it right back down because I can't stand how small it is now compared to when I was a kid.... it really blows but my phone and the razer kishi makes a great handheld
@Baldly Rudy I got my kishi for $20 bucks from someone who bought it and didn't like it. Maybe one day if the backbone goes on a good sale or something I might get one and try it out. I've heard alot of great things about it but $100 is a bit much for me
lol that ramon comment was funny. build quality is worse on anbernic than miyoo? if i remember correct, there where dozenz of people dropping their miyoo mini from 20cm and the screen broke. also many reviewers stated the build quality on the rg35xx was better than miyoo mini/+. and since i own both rg35xx and og miyoo mini, i agree with the thesis, that miyoo mini just feels cheaper. i still love both since the mini is so much smaller, but its definitly less durable.
Hi, I'm completely neew to this whole handheld thing but some of my fondest memories were my first ever horizontal purple and grey gameboy and want to buy one of these handhelds. Anyone have any recommendations how to do everything?
Loving it although they have a basic issue, the card that comes with is not formatted to fat32, after first start miyo will stop reading,you will need to reformat and all the roms will be gone, you have down load and flash again, but love it
I have this and love it. I don’t want anything that’s too big and not pocketable also I just want to play my gba games and some rpg and platformer ps1 games :)
I like them but even though they're bigger than the original, they're still just too tiny. Good for portability, but not comfortable to use unless you've got tiny hands. I wish somebody would put these specs in a clamshell. The Powkiddy v90 is a little more comfortable, but the screen is too tiny. What we need is a Miyoo Mini+ Clamshell.. the extra half-inch on the screen makes a big difference and being able to have 3.5" for the control surface would be way more usable.
I have large hands, so I can't even imagine how it would be to play on the mini. The Mini Plus, despite its size, is comfortable to me. Anything smaller would be questionable.
Miyoo Mini Plus i got mine about $60 tax $65 from china? i bought the purple color? can see the inside cpu? took a few weeks to come? cant believed they dont have snes or nes games? Anbernic RG35XX, which i dont have? they both look the same almost the device? i wish u can play on the tv? the battery die fast if you're not playing it?
The "supply issues" really is a demand issue here, because the Miyoo mini (the earlier one) was already such a big hit. The RG-35XX was considered more of a placeholder device until this one came around. GarlicOS was created to have "something like OnionOS" on that device. So if the Miyoo Mini Plus is constantly sold out, it's because truly everyone (i.e. 95%) a) loves it and b) remembers how getting the original Miyoo mini was actually restrained in supply and at some point simply couldn't be produced any longer by Miyoo.
I mean, I get where you're coming from. If it's truly a demand issue, then from a business perspective there are two things to do: increase supply and manufacturing or (unfortunately) increase the price to ease the demand. With how everything happened with the Miyoo Mini, you'd think that they'd have learned from their launch and have figured out their manufacturing issues. I don't think there's anything wrong with their distribution. Regardless, it's a heck of a handheld.
it's not THAT hard to get. and the markup for amazon is usually worth it to get it in under 2-3 weeks, but i went through a few of them buying them on ali-express when one broke(because i dropped it) or i gave one away
The Plus is way easier to get than the original Mini. Getting it through Amazon is a much more convenient way of getting it, but that's why there's a markup, yeah?
@@baldlyrudy i really never had trouble with original minis. there were some times of scarcity, but i was soon able to order one, or find one available via amazon or a reasonably priced reseller. what was infuriating was being completely unable to buy replacement screens when i broke two of them, instead of just replacing the whole unit
I'm a fan of the Mario games from NES and SNES, MegaMan and MegaMan X games, Sonic, Earthworm Jim, Golden Sun, and so much more. This little thing is a beast.
It depends on what you want out of the handheld. A lot of people that have the RG35XX love the HDMI out. For me, I like the Miyoo Mini Plus more at this point. I'm going to be working on a video comparing the two.
@@baldlyrudy I love having the HDMI out as an *option*. Maybe I’ll use it someday. In reality, I just enjoy playing some Mario while in bed before going to sleep. It is why I bought it.
in Amazon at the description of the product where says "Brand". It most say miyoo? or its something that doesn't matter like in the vid at 1:38 ????? tnx
If you use retroachievements, wifi is huge. I had the 35xx first and I loved it, especially after upgrading the battery and installing the kapton tape d-pad mod from etsy. I didn't use retro achievements at the time so the no wifi thing didnt bother me. However, when I bought a mini plus, I created a retroachievements account and I cant stop playing now. RA adds a whole nother level to the retro gaming experience IMO. For that reason, and the better d-pad of the mini plus, I give the edge to the mini plus and have since sold my 35xx. They are both great though.
Not a dumb question at all. To answer your question, it does. The two that I've purchased came with thousands of games. I'd definitely recommend going with a new microSD card though (SanDisk or Samsung are great). The cards that they ship with tend to fail easily and are pretty slow.
@nofinglimit you're going to have to transfer the old files to the new card. But everything should work just fine. If you're up for it, I'd also recommend installing Onion OS.
The 3DS is something that I definitely want to mod and get up and running. I have a spare that I want to give a go to. But yeah, out of the two I'd say Miyoo Mini Plus.
Right now, the Miyoo Mini Plus. At the same time, I'm probably still in the honeymoon phase of having it. I'm going to make a comparison video, but it'll be after I've had some time with it. I want to be honest with my comparison and as unbiased as possible.
Yes, but use a PC to do it. Yes, on a PC. I believe so. Most of the time it's drag and drop. Go to the link in the description where there's a wiki that covers the types of ROMs you need and where to put them.
